Unsung Heroes -- Felipe (free verse)
Unsung Heroes – Felipe (1931 – 2016) (C) Victor D. Lopez 2016
You were born five years before the Spanish Civil War that would see your father exiled.Language came later to you than your little brother Manuel. And you stuttered for a time.Unlike those who speak incessantly with nothing to say, you were quiet and reserved.Your mother mistook shyness for dimness, a tragic mistake that scarred you for life.
When your brother Manuel died at the age of three from Meningitis, you heard your momE...
You were born five years before the Spanish Civil War that would see your father exiled.Language came later to you than your little brother Manuel. And you stuttered for a time.Unlike those who speak incessantly with nothing to say, you were quiet and reserved.Your mother mistook shyness for dimness, a tragic mistake that scarred you for life.
When your brother Manuel died at the age of three from Meningitis, you heard your momE...
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